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" From six to nine in the morning, the forests resound with the mingled cries and strains of the feathered race; after this they gradually die away. From eleven to three all nature is hushed as in a midnight silence, and scarce a note is heard, saving that... "
The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith - Pàgina 120
per Sydney Smith - 1844
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Cassell's popular natural history, Volums 3-4;Volum 128

Cassell, ltd - 1859 - 830 pàgines
...changeful green and Mne That the neck cf the peacock allows. t In the extensive wilds of Demcrara, at a distance of nearly three miles, you may hear this snow-white bird to'ling evrry ft ur or five minutes, like the distant convent btll. It is gent rally to be seen resting...
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The graduated series of reading-lesson books, Llibre 5

Graduated series - 1861 - 504 pàgines
...whilst the yelping of the toucan, and the shrill voice of the bird called pi-pi-yo, is heard during the interval. The campanero never fails to attract...; after this they gradually die away. From eleven till three all nature is hushed as in midnight silence, and scarce a note is heard saving that of the...
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Two lives, Volum 2

William Blanchard Jerrold - 1862 - 344 pàgines
...to play sorry farces and tragedies indeed ! Where there is luscious fruit, and enough for all, to * At a distance of nearly three miles you may hear this...four or five minutes, like the distant convent bell. — Waterton's Wanderings. e over every berry. Where there is one great and merciful God, to spill...
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Supplement to the Courant, Volums 25-35

1862 - 580 pàgines
...filled tightly with air and stands erect and stiff as a horn. A late traveler gays : "At a distance of three miles you may hear this snow-white bird tolling every four or five minutes like a distant convent bell." ANOTHBK WESTERN WONDER.— The greatest wonder in the State of Iowa, and perhaps...
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Cassell's popular natural history, Volums 3-4;Volum 43

Cassell, ltd - 1863 - 848 pàgines
...branching tree to tree The scarlet passion flower. • Trochilid*. t In the extensive wilds of Demerara, at a distance of nearly three miles, you may hear...every four or five minutes, like the distant convent bill. It is generally to be seen resting on tha dried top of an aged mora tree. " Where, on the mighty...
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Brazil and the Brazilians Portrayed in Historical and Descriptive Sketches

Daniel Parish Kidder, James Cooley Fletcher - 1879 - 744 pàgines
...his wanderings in Domerara, often alludes to the campanero, (uruponga.) In one passage he says, "It never fails to attract the attention of the passenger...tolling every four or five minutes, like the distant convent-bell. From six to nine AM the forests resound with the mingled strains of the feathered race...
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Tom Brown's school-days, by an old boy [T. Hughes]. Wanderings in South ...

Thomas Hughes - 1882 - 220 pàgines
...whilst the yelping of the toucan, and the shrill voice of the bird called Pi-pi-yo, is heard during the interval. The Campanero never fails to attract...distant convent bell. From six to nine in the morning, ti e forests resound with the mingled cries and stn.it я of the feathered race ; after this, they...
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Wanderings in South America, the north-west of the United States ..., Volum 307

Charles Waterton - 1882 - 78 pàgines
...whilst the yelping of the toucan, and the shrill voice of the bird called 1'i-pi-yo, is heard during the interval. The Campanero never fails to attract...snow-white bird tolling every four or five minutes, like tin Distant convent bell. From six tn nine in the morning, tl e forests resound with the mingled cries...
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Wanderings in South America

Charles Waterton - 1882 - 72 pàgines
...whilst the yelping of the toucan, and the shrill voice of the bird called Pi-pi-yo, is heard during the interval. The Campanero never fails to attract...three miles, you may hear this snow-white bird tolling everv four or five minutes, like the distant convent hell. From six to nine in the morning, tl e forests...
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The Leisure Hour: An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading

1866 - 864 pàgines
...laryngene structure. The late Mr. Waterton, in his " Wanderings in Demorara," says, " At a distance of three miles, you may hear this snowwhite bird, tolling every four or five minutes like a distant convent-bell." PEKING AND THE PEKINGESE* ACCOBDING as British intercourse with tho Chinese...
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